The State vs. the Dead Body of B. F. Stephens

Date: 
September 27, 1875

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
shotgun
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the said B.F. Stephens, was willfully, feloniously, and voluntarily, killed & murdered, at his house on Sunday evening, the 26th day of September A.D. 1875 by Tilda Stephens "alias" Norris, with a double barrel shot gun

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Cross Hill
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Tilda Stephens
Inquest Images: 
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